I remember, Yardbird, the flight of the first Concorde; friend of mine
who lived in England was to visit his mother in Florida and she feared
for his life, for even the astrologers were predicting gloom for that
plane.
Why would anyone so do. So many plane crashes and yet, this one the
press knows what happened - and knock this beautiful plane and plans
were still on drawing board and competiton with Russian I found
interesting too.
Cracked wings and rudders and engines evidently on fire - first I would
take a good look at the maintenance men on the ground for they know what
wil fly and what will not - others trust i God, but I want a good man on
the ground too.
Interesting item on Concorde here with little history noted.....always
thought such a beautiful plane.
Think a little sabotage could be evident - they sure want to downplay
but there were toxic fumes and not sure whether from contents in
plane, or what. So crowds were cleared back some distance.
Might do well to remember the Titanic and her "sister" ship the
Olympia.......sabotage? Divers said no iceburg put a hole in front of
that ship...cui bono, or poor ground maintenance or sabotage ??
Saba
Thundering Beauty
The Concorde and her Sisters
For more than 20 years, the Concorde has been travelling across the
Atlantic: fast as a bullet, the world's only supersonic passenger plane
can make it from Paris to New York in less than four hours. Ordinary
jets take twice as long. In spite of her age, the Concorde is still
breaking records. On August 16th, 1995, travelling around the globe took
her only 31 hours.
With the Concorde, a team of British and French engineers won an
expensive race against the Russians. Mastering the physics proved
particularly difficult: at Mach 2, the airplane�s needle-shaped nose
needs to resist a heat of more than 260�F.
At first, the Russians led the race. Yet at the aeronautic show
LeBourget 1973, their Tupolew 144 crashed above Paris. The Concorde
proved a disaster for the West, too, at least in economic terms. When
serial production was bound to start, 14 out of 16 airlines withdrew
their options � they feared the Concorde's ravenous kerosene appetite
in a time of oil scarcity. Today, only 14 Superjets are in service. The
last one will operate until 2005. By then, a follow-up project may be
already completed: American and French teams are gearing up for a new
race to build the super jet
of the 21th Century.
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So far, NASA's Hyperjet project, a co-production with Russia, is ahead.
The new supersonic is designed to carry 300 passengers from continent to
continent at a speed of 1500 miles an hour. For supersonic testing, NASA
has hired the second, still existing prototype of the Tupolew 144. The
budget for basic research alone is projected at more than 2 billion
dollars until 2002.
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[watch the buzzards knock the Eagle......a saba]
With original footage from the 50s and 60s, our documentary recaptures
the eventful tale of the Concorde and her sister projects: test flights
in the Antarctic and the desert, political poker and protests, and the
visionaries' long fight to make their dream come true in spite of the
obstacles.
Pioneers like test pilots and national heroes Andre Turcat and Brian
Trubshaw tell their personal supersonic tales, and todays' Concorde
staff gives insights into the Concorde's exclusive, jet set clientele.
Furthermore, we visit the designers of the supersonics for the next
millennium: who will be the first to build a worthy successor to the
legendary Thundering Beauty?
Length: 54 minutes.
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